Carrier-tape.



. G. C- SNYDER.

CARRIER TAPE. APPLICATION mzn' mm. 1916.

Patented Mar. 12,

fabrics used for evening gowns, light waists,.

GEORGE c. SNYDER, on NEW YonK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB, To THE THREAZDLESS BUTTON COMPANY.

' I CARRIER-TAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 12, 1918;

Application filed February 2, 1916. Serial No. 75,741.

to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to carrier-tapes for fasteners of the kind employed by dressmakers, the tapes being sewed along the meeting edges of the garments to thereby apply the fasteners to the garment for the entire length of the opening at one operation.

Such fastener-carrying tapes are well known and have been in the market for some time. weights for fabricslof difierent kinds, it being necessary that the tape approximate'in weight the weight of the cloth to which it is applied as it is well known that if a heavy piece of cloth be sewed to a piece of much lighter weight the threads will pull out of the lighter piece and tear it.

It has heretofore been impossible to ape ply these fasteners by means of tape to thin etc., for. the reason that if the tape is thick enough to afford suiiicient anchorage for the fastener it is too heavy to be sewed to the fabric.

This is'particularly true of fasteners of i the kind known as threaclless buttons which are composed of two flanged. parts adapted to be clamped together through a hole in the fabric with their flanges on opposite sides of the fabric. For these fasteners the tape must be of substantial weight or else the fasteners will very readily pull out of the tape.

The object of the present invention is to provide a fastener-carrying tape particu loose by the strain, on the fastener to which I has the additional ob-l it is subjected in" use.

My invention also A jest ofproviding a tape into which the The tapes are supplied in different views of Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5.

trade-mark or other name to be applied to the article may be advantageously woven as an integral part of the tape. With thin material, light enough in weight for attachment to sheer fabrics, there are not sufiicient layers of thread in thefabric to weave in the name so that if the name is to be applied to such fabric it must be applied by letters formed of stitches or embroidered lines. Tape with the name so applied presents an unsightly appearancebecause of the much greater thickness where the name is i applied, and thefabric is also materially weaker at such'points as will be readilynnderstood. With my improved tape, the per-- tions bearing the name have no greater .num-

ber of threads than other portions .of the tape, the name does not standout in an;

unsightly manner, and the tape is of uniform strength throughout.

In the accompanying drawingal have illustrated my improved. tape Withthe fasteners attached and in said drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan viewof the tape twisted to show both sides thereof Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on a greatly enlarged scale on lines.2-2 and 33 respectively of Fig. 1; v

I Fig; 4 is a .plan' view of a portion of the fabric with the threads spread apartto show the manner in which the name is made to appear in *the fabric and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on line 5+5 ofFig. 4.

Referring-to thedrawings, 1 indicates the edge portions of the tape which are of the usual weave and are formed of thread sufiiciently light for attachment to. dress-goods 1 of the character above described. Along the center of the tape there is provided a reinforced portion or stripe 2 formed of extra threads 3 which are woven into the tape in the manner shown in the diagrammatic As here shown, the extra threads 3 are woven into shown in Figs.'4 and 5 inthe outline of the i 1 V letters of the names so that the name ap pearsin raised letters 5 enthe side of the 10() the tape so as to be visible on one side only tape opposite to the raised reinforcing stripe.

The fasteners 4: comprise two parts 6 and- 7 having flanges at their bases which are clamped to the opposite sides of the tape as shown 1n an enlarged section 1n Fig. 2, The a width ot' the reintorclng stripe? V1111 be greater than the diameter of the flanges of the fasteners so that'the' fasteners willbe anchored entirely in the middle portion of the tape. The extra-threadfiwvhich forms the reinforcing stripe may differ slightly inshade from the main body of the tape to make the letters'of-the-trade-markappear clearly.

The thin edges ot' the tape-are of sufli cient width to take the stitches'by which the tape is sewed to the cloth -of-- the gar inent so that there-will be-no strain on the garment such as is usually; produeed by sewing to it a heavler piece of elothl stripe, the threads being merely on theopposite "side of ;the tape,

It will of course be :nnderst'ood that' theweave selected for illustration is shown by wayof exampleonly; that the nurnber of threads added'to" form the stripemay be Varied" and" the size and quality ofthe threads may be difi'erent"inthe-stripe and body of'the tape without departing froin the spirit of the "invention."

I claim:

1. A fz'rstenerearrying tapegconsistiiig of a longitudinal threads. and transverse threads woven together throughout the width 01 the tape, the central portion-ot'wthetape being provided with extra longitndinal threads underlying the first named a longitudinalthreads and heldin place-against the fir'st named 7 longitudinal 5 threads by transverse CGPiEQLQfx'lIhi-S patent may-o bs :obtainedderrfive meats eachgibyaderessing the -f Gommissioner of- Patents;

tape,v.the,central portion of the tape being provided with extra longitudinal threads lying-beneath the-longitudinal threads and along one side of the tape for stretches of the tape of considerable length to-fonn a central stripof sutficient strength to provide anchorage for the fastening devices, said extra longitudinalthreadsbeing brought above the-first nained longitudinal threads at intervals toforin designs or anarks on theupper side of the-tape.

3: A fastener-carrying tape consisting of longitudinal threads throughout the =body of the tape, extra threads extending longitudi nally through the central portion of the:

tape adjacent to and-directly beneath-the first named 'longitudinal threads to form a reinforced strip to which fastening devices may be attached, and" transverse threads woven about botlr sets I oiilongitudinal threads in the central portion of -the tape and about the first named longitudinal? threads at the side portions 4 of the-tape.

4: A1 fastener carrying tape I comprisingia bodyportion formed of longitudinal threads and transverse-threads, and :a central reinforced portion, to provide an anchorage I for. fa stening dev1ces-,.-sa1d: central, portion being formed of extra a threadsizextendin 'lon 1+ tudinallly through the central: portionl of the tape and lying adj acent Ito and beneaththe first named longitudinal threads :forrstretches-J:

of tape of considerablellengthiandbeing carriedabove saidw first naniedvi longitudinalthreads atQintervals to lie: upon rthe upper 1 surface of-the tape itorform a-design or mark" thereon; V

In testimonylwhereef 1 affix my signature;

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Washington, D; e653 

